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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Calls for ‘No Hate,’ ‘No War’ reverberate in Tokyo

On a
brilliant Sunday afternoon April 26th, two big parades were held in Tokyo’s
trendy district of Shibuya. LGBT and their supporters rallied at one of the two
parades——the festive "Tokyo Rainbow
Parade" ——in their hopes to lead an ordinary life
in a society free of any discrimination and prejudice. In their colorful clad,
the people celebrated diversities with smile. Onlookers waved their hands in response
to their calls. The signs held up read, "Tokyo No Hate" and "No
Gender Segregation, No Androcentrism, No Imperialism."

The
other parade, led by about 1,000, protested against the new giant
multifunctional US military base in Henoko, Okinawa.